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A Cooking Thread?
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: Bluesummers on 29 Oct 2012, 11:39 ---Why do you peel butternut squash? I slice mine in half length-wise, scoop out the seeds, put some butter in, and bake them. They make their own bowls!
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I have one in the oven like that right now; I added a touch of cinnamon and nutmeg to the butter. It will be eaten with grilled new season's Welsh lamb chops and tomato, and some green veg. 'Cos that's what was in the cupboard tonight.
lepetitfromage:
--- Quote from: The Seldom Killer on 30 Oct 2012, 11:22 ---For butternut squash, and many of the other hard-skinned varieties. I'd often recommend that you roast it before cooking with it. However, should you need to peel it, gloves are not necessary. Get a large cook's knife which is as sharp as a kitchen knife should be. Cut the bowl off if the fruit has one, stand on end and slice the peel off in strips downwards. Repeat with the bowl, although you'll be cutting off pieces more akin to scales than strips.
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:-\ I did everything you mentioned but used a peeler instead of a knife....and about halfway through, my hands started drying, cracking and tightening up. They eventually started to peel and flake. Now they're fine but it was definitely no fun.+
Kinda looked like this-
Lines:
I had a reaction similar to that when using non-acetone nail polish remover. Dunno what causes it, but definitely use gloves next time. :-(
Carl-E:
Looks like a reaction to an acid in the skin.
Barmymoo:
I've had a similar reaction to something I was peeling and I don't remember what it was... might have been sweet potato, which makes very little sense.
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